Page 552 - The art of the Chinese potter By Hobson

PLATE CXXV

Fish-bowl, tub-shaped, with rolled rim. Hard reddish
pottery with a lotus scroll design, modelled in low relief and

— —washed in with coloured glazes aubergine and blue upon a

green ground bordered above and below with broad belts of
peacock blue. Blue glaze inside.

These massive fish-bowls were frequently demanded by
the Imperial patrons of Ching-te Chen, and caused much
trouble in their successful production. Those made of porce-
lain were particularly difficult to fire without damage ; some-
times they were as large as 36 inches across and 24 inches

high.

1 6th century. D. 26- 5".
In the possession of Messrs. G., R. and C. Benson.